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As the IT industry continues to push commoditization across the enterprise, its next target appears to be the Ethernet switching realm. How so you ask? Network Convergence and the newest CNA offering from QLogic is the 3GCNA a valiant effort into full commoditization of Ethernet switches. 3GCNA’s provide support for multi-protocol (iSCSI, FCoE) and QLogic’s newest 3GCNA allows VM’s to switch protocols on the fly. Can you leverage this... [Continue Reading]

IBM’s new mid-range Scalable Storage Storwize V7000 was designed from the ground up offering ease of use for product install, Admin & Maintenance. Take notice the product is new, however, the code set it runs on is stable it is based on IBM’s SVC which is > than 6.5 years young. The subsystem also brings enterprise caliber technology into the mid-range market. Such as, Disk Virtualization (based on SVC technology) RAID... [Continue Reading]

Most sizable, if not all enterprises have already invested in a Data Warehouse (of some order and magnitude). Not only is it a business best practice, but it helps to uncover new business opportunities if used properly. I wonder how many enterprises that have invested in a Data Warehouse are getting ROI from that Data Warehouse? I ask since, the Business Intelligence (BI) market seems to be growing faster than any other segment in... [Continue Reading]

Wonder what IOP value you utilized for planning your VDI thin client environment? Was it 4 IOPS,Was it 8 IOPS, Was it 12 IOPS / thin client? How many IOPS are you driving in your environment? Is the VMware standard of 20 IOPS / thin client your norm or the exception?

The IBM Storwize V7000 SPC-1 benchmark (OLTP-style workload) for IBM Storwize V7000 is now available at http://www.storageperformance.org/results/benchmark_results_spc1/#spc1 Review the executive summary at http://www.storageperformance.org/benchmark_results_files/SPC-1/IBM/A00097_IBM_Storwize-V7000/a00097_IBM_Storwize-V7000_2-node_SPC1_executive-summary.pdf SPC benchmark system info: This measurement is of an IBM Storwize V7000 system... [Continue Reading]

I seem to be stuck in the clouds lately, I am serious I have spent a great deal of time thinking about Cloud Computing. For instance, with the in-depth push into virtualization across all layers in the Data Center (Storage, Networking, Servers etc….) I have gotten hung up on, at what point in the virtualization process does an enterprise cross over from a virtualized Data Center to having a Private Cloud? Do we have metrics to let us know... [Continue Reading]